Slave River

American  

noun

1. a river in NE Alberta and the Northwest Territories, in Canada: flowing from Lake Athabasca NW to Great Slave Lake. 258 miles (415 km) long.

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Slave River British  

noun

1. Also called: Great Slave River.  a river in W Canada, in the Northwest Territories and NE Alberta, flowing from Lake Athabaska northwest to Great Slave Lake. Length: about 420 km (260 miles)

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Example Sentences

The plane took off from the airport in Fort Smith, and then crashed near the banks of the Slave River.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Thus the primitive rocks bound Great Slave Lake to the eastward of Slave River, and the flat limestone strata occupy the country westward of that lake, as has been already mentioned.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

To-morrow we’ll be at Smith’s Landing, which marks the sixteen-mile portage of the Slave River.

From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson

On Great Slave Lake, the Stony Island, on the north-east side of the mouth of Slave River, is composed of granite, whilst the limestone strata are exposed at Fort Resolution on the south-west side.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

Primitive rocks occur in Lake Mammawee, Athabasca Lake, and on the Stony River; and on several parts of the Slave River they are separated from the limestone only by the breadth of the stream.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John